Architectural style Cottage orné Opened 1809 | Completed 1809 Architect George Glasse | |
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Location Hanwell, London, England Similar St Mary's Church - Hanwell, London Butterfly House, Arnos Grove tube station, St Sepulchre, St George the Martyr Southwark | ||
The Hermitage is a cottage orné in Hanwell, London built by rector Dr. George Henry Glasse in 1809 on the site of a previous house called the Elms. Nikolaus Pevsner described the house as "a peach of an early c19 Gothic thatched cottage with two pointed windows, a quatrefoil, and an ogee arched door, all on a minute scale. Inside, an octagonal hall and reception room." It is a Grade II listed building.
Behind the cottage lies a spring, which may be the origin of 'well' being incorporated into the local place name of Hanwell.
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